Preqin finds 80% of alternative investors plans to maintain or increase their allocations

Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: The latest survey from Preqin finds that investors are proactive and committed to alternative assets with at least 80% of investors in each alternative asset class plan to maintain or increase their
allocations throughout 2013 and 50% proactive in
sourcing
investment opportunities.

The 2013 Preqin Investor Network Global Alternatives Report is designed to help investors navigate alternative asset
Markets, and this year it demonstrated that investors have confidence in a wide range of alternatives including private equity, hedge funds, real estate and infrastructure. The firm says: "Furthermore, a
significant proportion of investors recently surveyed by Preqin indicates they
proactively source alternative asset fund investments
, and do so using
dedicated investment employees, indicating
they are becoming increasingly interested in managing and developing their alternative assets portfolios."

Highlights from the report include:

Half of investors
surveyed by Preqin in April 2013
has a proactive approach to
sourcing alternative asset
fund investments, with a further 31% adopting a mixture of proactive and passive approaches.

64% of investors has an internal investment team that proactively sources
and examines
alternative asset
fund investments.

Two
-
thirds (67%) have two or more investment
-
focused employees dedicated to alternative
assets
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